nice job

classic lightening development.. good job

Magnifique!, great source choices and very well executed.... and I always love your hair
Well done and very best of luck, high hopes for this one

It looks good, and you made a pretty cool SBS, but one thing I don't agree with is the color of her hair & dress that gets lost in the colors of the sky. I understand that she's a force of nature and therefore there's a reason for the blending, but somehow she should step out more - at least a darker hair and dress .
Happy New Year!

Love the picture. My only issue that lightning wouldn't cast a shadow on the ground.

NOTE: IMAGE HAS BEEN EDITED AS PER SUGGESTIONS ABOVE
@Gino, thank you so much for the lovely comment and fav!
@ pingenvy - I searched for a long time to find out if lightning cast a shadow and could not find an answer. All I know is: Lightning is Plasma (neither a Gas or a Solid) and does have Mass. So I thought that perhaps it would cast a shadow. I prefer the picture without and your comment encouraged me to remove it. Thanks!

@greymval - I darkened her dress and hair and changed the sky's colour a bit. I am out of time to do more but think this helps. Thanks for the suggestion.

Author I have to agree with Greymval on the hair color...Think any other color would made her stand out a little more....And the lightening issue IMO for this image is a bit out of place along the side of her arm and with that being said, I think causes the "issue" of shadow or no shadow...It's the color of the lightening, it just doesn't fit....Still get high marks from me for fantastic work!! Best of Luck

@Christy - Thank you for the feedback!

Nice chop! GL!

WOW!!!!! You did really awesome on this! Love the blending and colors... just makes me more jealous of ya'll that can work with PS!

Wow, the sweet little fairy's hair and plumage are on end

Very nice execution.....Well done .....G/L Author.

Congratulations!

Congrats on your 2nd place!

Congrats!

Thanks to everyone! Hugs!

congrats ... nice imagination....

Congrats on the second place..

Congrats!!

Congratulations for 2nd place, stunning piece.

You clearly put a lot of effort into this and it shows. This is a great unque piece and looks fantastic.

WOW, you have some incredible talent!!! Wish the tail was in the image, it's a cool element. I especially love those brass goggles and the skin texture, great work!

Love this! The detail is good...right down to the reflections in the goggles. GL

fantastic work author.... wish i could find the time to learn something like this
got my vote

Stunning image and beautifully crafted. You are certainly talented and have a unique view. Hi point and fav from me!

how did you come up with the idea?

it sorta evolved, I started this piece for the Electricity digital painting contest, but then I re-read the rules and realized I had broken several. So I figure I would just save it for a photoshop contest. Then this mixed manipulation contest started so I figured I would finally finish it I guess the idea kinda created itself as I went.

Absolute genius. Great to have an artist like yourself here

fantastic work

superb job .........

Masterpiece!

Great! The face expression is priceless!

Congrats Rob amazing work

And congrats again! Fantastic entry!

Wow... congrats for 1st place!

Congratulation
it is a master piece

I knew this one had it ... just such a unique and clever image! Congrats!

Thanks Everyone!

Great job!

Good work.

does look like a screen shot!!! good luck author

Thank you so much. Drivenslush, if you want I can post the screenshot in my SBS? Once you see the two together, mine might not look as good

nice work

You should participate more drawing contests . Your image looks like an RPG game ^^

Pretty ok suggestive work. I only would expect that with such light source in the middle that all the shadows around it would go from the middle to the outside, instead of all from left to right. Perhaps could have increased the drama effect. Good luck!

beautiful work ! My only suggestion would be that you could have increased the size of the persons a little because its a little hard to see what's going on , Good luck !

cool work

thanks everyone. Waz, I understand about the shadows and light source because I wondered also why there weren't a bit more shadows, but I followed the screenshot ALMOST to the tee. I will go now and post the screenshot in the SBS. Again, I understand Lamantine...I went by what the screenshot looked like. BTW, thanks for the FAV. thanks ALL

it is too late to post it in the SBS so here is a link the the screenshot I took
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x191/k5683love/Aionscreenshot.jpg

nice work author....... good luck to you

good luck with this, shows initiative for you to do all this from scratch. gl